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On Requiring English

Updated Dec. 5, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

John Fund's attack on civil rights enforcement when it comes to English-only workplace policies could not be more misguided ("English-Only Showdown," op-ed, Nov. 28, 2007). Mr. Fund wrote in support of a measure that would deny the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) funds to initiate suits in cases where an employer has required an employee to speak English at work. That measure is based on a flawed reading of the law and would frustrate longstanding legal protections.